Improvement in billiard-cues



H. PLATTS.

Billiard-Cues.

Paten'tedlan- 20,1874.

H IVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORN EYS UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE;

HERVEY ILATTS, on ITHAGA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLLlARD-CUES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,704, (int (1January 20, 1874; application filed December 27, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I HERVEY PLA'LTS, of Ithaca, in the county of Tompkinsand State of New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inBilliard-Cues; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

, Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a sectional view of mydevice attached to a billiard-cue. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and? are detailviews of my device.

This invention has relation to billiard-cues; and it consists inattaching the leather tip to the cue by means of a flanged tube insertedinto a circular kerf or groove made into the end of the one, as will behereinafter explained.

The following is a description of my im' provement:

In the annexed drawings, A represents a portion of a billiard-cue, theend of which is properly trued, and then a deep circular groove or kerf,c, is made centrally into it, as shown in Fig. 1. B designates theleather tip, and D atube which secures the tip on the end of the cue.The tube D has a hooked flange, 0,

formed on one end, which flange is embedded into the tip, so as tofirmly attach the same to the tube. This attachment maybe made by firstslipping on the tube D a hammered piece of leather, 1), and then gluingthe cushion portion a to this leather base. have its flanged end closed;or this end may be open, and, if desired, the tube may be splitlengthwise.

It will be seen from the above description that when the tube D, withits leather tip at tached, is driven into the circular kerf c, the tipwill be firmly and rigidly secured to the one. The inner end of the tubeD may or may not touch the bottom of the kerf c.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The tip B, secured to the cueAby means of a tube, D, inserted into anannular kerf or groove, 0, formed into the cue, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

IIERVEY PLATTS.

\Vit-nesses S. B. BEERs, I. G. McWHoRTEn.

The tube D may-

